Pouncing-pad.



A. TURNER.

POUNCING PAD.

APPLICATON FILED MAR. 3|.19H- I 1,139,928. .Patented May18,1915.

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A. TURNER.

PouNclNG PAD.

n 'APPLICATION FILED MAR.31, 1911- I 1,139,928. Patented May 18, 1915.

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i I l w1" ARNOLD TURNER, 0F DANBURY, CONNECTICUT.

PoUNoING-PAD.

Application filed March 31, 1911.

T0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ARNOLD TURNER, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and resident vof Danbury, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pouncing-Pads, of which the following is a specification.

v This invention relates to improvements in` hatting machinery and particularly to crown pouncers, so called, and more especially to pouncing pads, constituting a part of such crown pouncers. Y

My invention is equally applicable to rotary, and other forms of pouncing pads, but for convenience of illustration I have shown it as applied to a pouncing pad, wherein the operative movement of the pad for carrying the finishing sand paper is reciprocating, in a vertical direction.

The customary operation of most hat pouncing machines now uponA the market is for the pads to begin their operation upon the side of the crown, and then work out around the corners and toward the center of the tip. This operation is sometimes effected by moving the pouncer with relation to the rotating hat body, while in other types of machines the pouncer operates in substantially a fixed position, and the rotating hat body is moved with respect to the operating pouncing pad.

My improved pad is adapted to be used in connection with eitherof these types of machines, but was developed for use, and is illustrated as applied to the latter form of machine, and wherein the hat body is mounted upon a rotatable lathe the arm for which is pivotally supported upon a base in a manner to swing the hat block around with relation to the relative fixed position of the reciprocating pouncing pad. y

The object of the invention is to improve upon the various forms of pouncing pads, by

making the samemore resilient or yieldable in a way to obtain a lighter operation'of the pad upon the-delicate portions of the hat body, and especially to include means in the construction of such pouncing pads, whereby they will not have to be helped over the square or corners of thehat, but will operate lighter upon such corners; and especially to provide means for avoiding all possibility of Y such pads cutting'too freely upon the cor- Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented May 1s, 1915.

ners of the hat body as it runs from the side over to the top of the crown. l

With these and other` objects in view the invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details of construe tion within the scope of the claims may be resorted to without departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages ofjthe invention. Y l Similar characters of reference denote like or corresponding parts throughout the sev`- `eral figures of the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and upon which,

Figure 1, shows a side elevation of a portion of a hat crown pouncing machine and including a sectionalelevation of a recipro- SeralNo.618,233. n

eating type of pouncing pad, provided with my improvements. Fig. 2, is a front view of the pad shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3,'shows a y i' top plan viewpof the machine with the pad in position upon the side of the hat block for the beginning of an operation. Fig. 4, is a detail cross s eotional .plan view taken through the pouncing pad, on line. 4 of Fig. l and showing the pad in the act of working upon the corner of a hat block, and Fig. 5, is Y a detached plan view of amodified form of sandpaper, adapted to be used upon my pad,

Referring in detail to the characters of i reference marked upon the drawings, 6 in# dicates 'the base of hat pouncing machine, 7 an arm pivotally mounted upon said base`v` and adapted to be manually set (see Fig. 3)

and then automatically moved around on the base, about one quarter of a rotation in one direction. In this arm isjournaled a. lathe spindle carrying a chuck 8 upon its forward end, and on which the hat block 9 is clamped. The hat block is thus mounted substantially over the aXis of pivotal movement of `the arm 7, Vthereby Vcausing'the hat to move i' around in a horizontal plane in addition-to the rotary movement imparted to it bythe lathe spindle. Thehat body to be pounced being of, a stiff h-at kind, is previously stifl'sV ened, formed andfitted to a block 9, which serves to support it: upon the VVlathe yduring the pouncing'operation. p The blocks and hat bodies are sometimes formed with a round crown, while others are made square or flat as illustrated in the drawings. The flat crown hats are usually considered the hardest to pounce owing to their having very square corners which makes it diflicult for the pouncer to round such corners, or in other words to pass over the abrupt curve of the hat at the point where the side of the Crown of the hat joins the top of the crown.

10 represents a bracket which is secured to the base of the machine and to which the lower end of an arm 11 is hinged. A swivel 12 is pivotally connected to the upper end of this arm 11 and serves to support a yoke 12a bearing a supporting guide or member 13 having ways in which a plate 13a secured to the rod 14 is reciprocatingly mounted. The lower end of this operating rod 11i is pivotally connected to an eccentric 15 mounted upon the outer end of a shaft which would be connected to an operative portion of the machine in a manner to be continuously rotated, to work the rod 14 and its plate in the guide 13 for reciprocating the pouncing pad which is mounted upon said rod.

The pouncing pad 16 is hung through ball and socket joints 17 from end brackets 18 connected opposite the end portions of the pad and are secured to the rod in a way to permit the pad to swing on an aXis parallel to the line of movement of the frame. The pad is thus carried by the frame and caused to alternately move up and down therewith, but in a manner to permit the pad to freely swing to one side or the other, better to conform to the position and shape of the hat body upon which it may be operating.

The pad further includes a metal base plate 19 having end plates 20 connected thereto and carrying the pivotal ball 17. Upon the face of this base plate is secured a soft pad 22 formed of sponge rubber, the face of which is slightly oval from top to bottom, though ilat across its face. The strips of sand paper 23 are cut to size and stretched longitudinally over the face of this soft rubber pad and has its opposite end portions disposed in under the upper and lower clamping plates 2% which are held in position by means of clamping screws 25. The sand paper can thus be ref moved and new pieces inserted from time to time as occasion may require, by simply loosening the thumb nuts of the screw 25 in a way to free the ends of the paper and permit its withdrawal.

The central portion of the pad proper including the sand paper v23 is cut away, to form a hole 26 (see Fig. 2) to receive a guide, which as illustrated, includes a wheel 27, mounted in a holder 28, the rearwardlyl disposed end of which is slotted and loosely hinged to a post 29 that is made adjustable with respect to the yoke 12a by means of a nut 21 housed in the yoke. This construction obviously leaves the guide free to move sidewise with the pad to conform to the position of the hat and also to be adjusted forward or backward and to or from the operating face of the pad by the nut 21, for the purpose of engaging the hat body with a suitable compression of the pad, but is thus not reciprocated with the pad. This adjustment thus regulates the possible amount of yield of the operative face of the pad upon the hat body, and which, by reason of the presence of the guide, is prevented from cutting too hard upon the face of the hat body and especially upon the corner portions of the crown as will be probably best understoor1 from the illustration shown in Fig. 4, wherein the pad is shown in its operative position upon the corner of the hat block and just in the act of running over from the side to the top. In some classes of work, for instance where the crowns are flat, as indicated by the block shown in the drawings, the guide would be adjusted out farther and nearer the operating face of the pouncing pad, than would be necessary if it were a round crown that was being operated upon, for in the latter instance the change of position is more gradual than it would be with the flat crown, where the hat surface of the operation of the pad is at all times broader and consequently less liable to be streaked or marked.

T he absence of a portion of the sandpaper in the central part of the operating face of the pad by the forming of a hole as in Fig. 2 serves also to lessen the possibility of streaking and injuring the corners of the hats as the crown passed around, since it necessarily does less work upon these reduced round portions of the crown. I also reserve the right to use sand paper having either' a reduced amount of or no sand upon the central surface of the face of the paper. As indicated in Fig. 5 which does not contain a hole, but instead includes a central longitudinal smooth portion a. and having thetwo side portions -j sanded only. This form of paper can be manufactured in continuous strips, or cut to lengths as required, and used with either a reciprocating pad like that shown in the drawings, or a rotary or other form of pad and with or without a guide.

While the guide is shown to include a wheel upon its outer end, to engage the hat body, yet it will be obvious that it is not essential to the successful operation of the d vice, for any suitable means constituting a guide to be drawn over the hat body and to take up the pressure of the pouncer pad will come within the scope of my invention and I do not therefore wish to be limited in this particular.

The operation of the pouncer therefore, is as follows: The arm 7 is manually swung around upon its base 6 tothe position shown in Fig. 3, whereupon the pouncer pad is brought to the position alsoshown in Fig. 3, said pad being held against the hat block, or body not shown, by means of a suitable spring or weight, not shown. The pad is then reciprocated vertically, while the lathe and hat block are being rotated and gradually moved around upon the base and back in line with the pad and its supports. While the hat block is thus rotatingit also gradually moves around causing the pad to travel outward around the corners of the hat block and toward the tip of the crown. The pad is held against the block with a yieldable pressure in a way to form a soft, pliable and easy engagement of theV pad with the hat thereby insuring a uniform pouncing opera- Vtion upon the respective surfaces of the hat body. The guide wheel 27 serves not alone to-protect the corners of the hat body from an excessive amount of work upon the corners, but also to limit the amount of pressure of the sand paper upon the quartersof the hat.

.Having thus described my invention what I claim vand desire to secure by Letters Patent is- 1. In a hat pouncing pad, the combination with a frame, and a suitable sand paper carried upon the pad, of a guidel arranged centrally with respect to the pad and designed to directly engage the hat body when the vpad is compressed to limit the amount of pressure of the paper upon the hat.

2. In a hat pouncing pad, the combination with a reciprocating frame and pad, a smoothing paper carried thereby, of a guide arranged between the edges of the sand paper and adapted to be extended past the paper to engage vthe hat body.

3. In a hat pouncing pad, the combination with a suitable frame, of a flexible pad mounted thereon, a piece of finishing paper, and a guide mounted centrally with the pad to engage the hat body.

4. A hat pouncing pad comprising a frame, a flexible pad mounted thereon, and having a hole therethrough, la smoothing paper placed upon the pad, and also having an opening therethrough, a guide extending through the pad and paper and so arranged as to engage the hat body to relieve the pressure of the pad and to reduce the amount of work of the pouncer upon the corners of the hat. Y

5. In a hat pouncing pad,the combination with a reciprocating pouncing pad, of a piece of operative finishing paper secured thereto and having the two side portions of its operative face sanded .but having no sand intermediate of said sides. y

6. A hat pouncing pad comprising a Y frame, a flexible pad mounted thereon, a smoothing paper placedupon the pad, and a guide carrying'a wheel to engage the hat to limit the pressure of the pad uponthe hat.

7. A hat pouncing pad comprising a frame, a reciprocating flexible pad mounted thereon, a smoothing paper upon the face t of the pad, a centrally arranged guide to engage the hat body when the padis compressed and to limit the amount of pressure of the smoothing paper upon thehat.

8. A hat ,pouncing pad comprising; a Y frame, a fiexible padmounted thereonya lsmoothing paper placed upon the pad, Va.

guide carried by the pad and so arranged 80 as to engage the corner of a hat body between the operating surfaces of the paper .f when rounding the hat, and to reduce the i amount of work of the pouncer upon the hat.

9. A hat pouncer comprising a pad havv853 ing a hole in its central portion, a piece of finishing paper fitted Vupon the operative face of the pad, a guide wheel mounted in` thehole and adapted ,to engage the corner of the hat body when rounding the same. n l r c 10. A hatl pouncer comprising a pad havf i .ing a hole in its central portion, a guide mounted` in the pocket and adapted to engage the corner of the hat body when rounding the same, a piece of finishing paper fitted 95 upon the face of the pad and having a hole. therethrough to allow the guide to worky therethrough. 11. A hatl pouncer comprising a padvhaving a hole in its central portion, a piece of 10 finishing paper fitted upon the operative face of thespad, `a guide mounted in the holeand adapted to engage the cornerof the hat body when rounding the same, and means for adjusting the guide in and out i05 with respect to the face of the pad to vary the possible amount of pressure of the pad upon the hat.

12. A hat pouncer comprisinga pad having a hole in its central portion, a piece of finishing paper fitted upon the operative face of the pad, a guide mounted upon a holder arranged in the hole and adapted to engage the'hat body, and a post to which the guide holder is pivotally connected.

13. A. hat pouncer comprising a fixed member, a pad reciprocatingly mounted therein, a piece of finishing paper fitted upon the operative face of the pad, a nonyieldable guide carried by thek fixed member and adapted to engage the hat body, and means for adjusting the guide with respect tothe face of the pad to vary the possible amount of pressure of the pad upon the squares of the hat. Y

1 4. A hat pouncing pad comprising a fixed member, a pad operatively connected v thereto, a sanded paper mounted upon the pad, a post adjustably mounted in the fixed member, a guide connected to the post, and i extended forward to the surface of the paper to engage a hat body.

15. In a hat pouncing pad, the combination with a suitable frame of a smoothing fabric having a portion cut away near the center for the purpose of lessening the amount of cutting at certain stages of the pouncing operation.

16. In a pouncing device, the combination with an operative pouncer tool, of a guide mounted centrally therein and adapted to engage the surface of a hat centrally of the operative engagement of the pad with the hat to limit the pressure of the tool upon Athe hat.

17. In a hat pouncing device, the combination of a reciprocating pouncing pad, a guide mounted in the pad and adapted to engage the surface of a hat centrally of the operative engagement of the pad with the hat to limit the amount of pressure of the pad upon the squares of a hat.

18. In a hat pouncing device, the combination of a reciprocating pad, a guide mounted in the pad and adapted to engage the surface of a hat centrally of the operative engagement of the pad with the hat to limit the amount of pressure of the pad upon the squares of a hat, and means for adjusting the said guide to ychange the limited amount of pressure of the pad upon the hat.

19. In a hat pouncing device, the combination of a reciprocating pad, an adjustable guide mounted centrally of and with re-l spect to the operative face of the pad and adapted to operate in conjunction with the pad to limit the pressure of the operative face of the pad against the squares of a hat.

20. In a hat pouncing device, the combination with a supporting member, a reciprocating pouncing pad mounted therein, a guide mounted in the supporting member and adapted to operate upon the surface of a hat in conjunction with the operative face of the pad to limit the amount of pressure thereagainst.

21. In a hat pouncing device, the combination with a supporting member, a reciprocating pouncing pad mounted therein, a guide mounted in the supporting' member and adapted to automatically reduce the amount of work of the pad upon the square of a hat when passing thereover.

22. In a hat pouncing device, the combination with a supporting member, a reciprocating pouncing pad mounted therein, a guide mounted in the supporting member to limit the amount of pressure of the pad upon the sides of a hat and to automatically reduce the pressure and amount of work of the pad upon the squares of a hat.

23. In a hat pouncing device, the combination of a frame, a pad, a suitable iinishing paper thereon, of a guide mounted centrally of and with respect to the face of the pad for automatically reducing the opera tion of the pad upon the square of a hat crown between the side and top.

24. In a hat pouncing pad, the combination with a suitable frame, of a flexible pad mounted thereon, a piece of finishing paper, a guide mounted centrally of and with relation to the operative face of the pad and adapted to engage a hat body in a manner to reduce the pressure of the pad upon the squares of a hat.

25. In a hat pouncing device, the combination of a rotatable hat support, a flexible pouncer pad, means for normally holding the pouncer pad in engagement with the hat body, a fixed guide for the pouncer pad to engage the hat body, and means for reciprocating the pouncer pad upon the hat body, and with relation to the guide.

26. In a hat pouncing machine, the combination of a rotatable hat support, a reciprocating pouncer pad, means for normally holding the pouncerll pad in engagement@ with the hat body, and a centrally arranged guide fixed with relation to the pouncer pad to engage the hat body.

27. In a hat pouncing device, the combination of a reciprocating frame, an operating pad carried by the frame and connected to swing on an axis parallel with the line of movement of the frame, a guide projected from the face of the pad and adapted to move with the pivotal movement of the pad and adapted to engage a hat body when the pad is compressed.

28. In a hat pouncing device, the combination of a reciprocating frame, an operat ing pad pivcted to the frame, and adapted to swing on an axis parallel with the line of movement of the frame, a guide that is also connected to the frame and pivoted to move with the pivotal movement of the pad to engage a rhat body when the pad is compressed. j

Signed at Danbury, in the county of Fairield and State' of Connecticut, this twentyninth day of March, A. D. 1911.

ARNOLD TURNER. Witnesses:

M. R. Biennow, EDw. W. BARNUM.

G'opies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington,l D. C. 

